Your Expert Guide to Knives, Sharpening & Kitchen Blades in the UK
There’s a particular kind of kitchen heartbreak that only a fishmonger’s counter can deliver: you bring home a gorgeous side of salmon, reach for whatever knife happens to be closest, and watch it mangle the flesh into something that looks less like sashimi and more like a car-boot-sale casserole. A proper salmon slicing knife fixes … Read more
There’s a particular kind of heartbreak reserved for the home cook who’s spent fourteen hours babysitting a smoker, only to watch the brisket collapse into a shredded, ragged mess the second the blade hits it. A brisket slicing knife is a long, narrow, flexible blade — usually 25-30cm — purpose-built to glide through large cuts … Read more
Ask ten British cooks what sits in their knife block and you’ll get ten shrugs when you mention slicing knife vs carving knife — most people own one or the other by accident, not by design. A slicing knife is a long, often flexible blade built to glide through cooked meat, bread or fish in … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of panic that hits British kitchens every 25th of December: the turkey is resting under foil, the gravy’s on the go, twelve people are hovering with plates, and whoever’s holding the carving knife is sawing away like they’re trying to fell a small tree. An electric carving knife exists to … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of panic that hits at 1pm on a Sunday, gravy simmering, guests hovering, and you’re stood over a joint of beef armed with something that’s more butter knife than blade. A best carving knife isn’t a luxury — it’s the difference between neat, generous slices and a plate of shredded, … Read more